CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Aug. 30, 2007 – da Vinci Systems today announced the appointment of visual effects (VFX) supervisor and DI expert Dean Lyon as the director of marketing. Lyon has more than 20 years of experience in film and commercial production, and will be a key member of the da Vinci management team led by General Manager Bill Robertson. Lyon’s duties include brand and product management and direction, advertising and marketing, and internal and external communications. more
Built-In Software Encoding Engine Gives Playout System Powerful Audio Capabilities
DENVER — Aug. 30, 2007 – OmniBus Systems, the award-winning provider of comprehensive broadcast automation and content management solutions, will preview integrated Dolby® Digital audio encoding for its groundbreaking iTX broadcast automation and playout system at IBC2007. Unlike the pass-through Dolby Digital implementation in most high-end video servers and playout solutions, iTX contains a full encoding engine in software, allowing the processing of multiple Dolby Digital streams in real time and mixing between different surround and stereo sources and formats. more
New Product Pairing on Display at IBC2007 Results in Powerful, Cost-Effective, and Easy-to-Use Interface for Compiling and Delivering Program Packages
CLARET, France — Aug. 30, 2007 – At IBC2007, NETIA will be showcasing the integration of its Hypercast Warehouse Web, an integral part of the company’s Manreo content management system, with the Pleyo platform for broadcasting audio and video content via mobile phones, personal media players, set-top-boxes, TV decoders, and PVRs, among others. Together, the Pleyo and NETIA systems allow broadcasters to select programs and content types based on set criteria and then create program schedules for new revenue-generating services delivered over a variety of distribution channels. more
Proprietary Encoding Software Making the Difference in Wireless SD Camera Systems
North Billerica, Massachusetts, August 30, 2007 - Microwave Radio Communications (MRC) announced today that it provided Link XP wireless camera systems for complete coverage of ESPN‘s X Games 13 held in Carlson, California. The live SD wireless coverage of X Games 13 is the latest in a long line of high profile venues where MRC and Link proprietary technology bested the competition. more
New Features Geared Towards Simplified Installation, Reduced Power Consumption, and Streamlined Processing of Analog and Digital Inputs
BILLERICA, Mass. — Aug. 30, 2007 – Echolab Corporation, a leading provider of professional video production switchers and broadcast tools, today announced an array of new features and new pricing for its Opera series of dual-format production switchers. The latest Opera firmware features floating frame synchronizers for managing untimed feeds and internal frame stores for simplified installation and reduced power consumption. more
~ Standard XX Series with Valuable Velour Chromium Plating ~
LAKEWOOD, NJ, August 29, 2007 - Neutrik, designer and manufacturer of the XX series XLR cable connector, introduces its XX-HE Series, an exclusive version of its standard XX Series featuring valuable velour chromium plating and extra high temperature resistant insulator material.
Available in male (NC3MXX-HE) and female (NC3FXX-HE) configurations, the 3-pole connectors include velour chromium housing and machined (not stamped or rolled) gold contacts. Improved chuck type strain relief provides higher pull-out force and makes assembly easier and faster. Offering a sleek and ergonomic design, the boot features a polyurethane gland, which gives high protection to cable bending stresses. Colored rings and boots are also available for easy coding and identification. more
MAYWOOD, NEW JERSEY, August 29, 2007–Television coverage of the nation‘s premier tennis tournament, the U.S. Open (August 27-September 9), is being captured in unsurpassed HD quality by F&F Productions LLC, which has chosen the newly released Ikegami HDK-79EC HD Native Multi-Format CMOS Camera Systems for its newest mobile production unit, the GTX-15, a Double Expando. As the fourth unit in F&F‘s all-HD fleet, the GTX-15 was outfitted with select technology that reflects the company‘s long experience in providing mobile HD production services. This technology also includes space-saving Ikegami Multi-Format LCD HDTV/SDTV monitors in 22- and 17-inch sizes. more
New York, NY, August 28, 2007 — HTN Communications announces that it will launch an all-digital national fiber optic network designed to transport enhanced sports programming throughout the United States. The network is slated to be ready in time for the start of the 2007-2008 National Hockey League (NHL) and National Basketball Association (NBA) seasons.
HTN will deploy, control and manage a DTM (Dynamic Synchronous Transfer Mode) based national private line digital fiber optic network. The network will connect each of the NHL, NBA and Major League Baseball (MLB) venues in the United States to HTN customers. more
When you‘ve been assigned to do an underwater shoot halfway around the world in a remote location, you want to make sure that the equipment you‘re bringing will work flawlessly. For Los Angeles-based director of photography James Mathers this meant making practice dives close to home, amid the underwater kelp forests of Catalina Island. A veteran underwater cinematographer, Mathers is experienced in using both film and digital video cameras beneath the waves. His choice for his most recent assignment, however, which eventually took him to Manokwari Bay, in Indonesia, was the Canon XL H1 HD camcorder. This HD camcorder gained his attention not only because of image performance and compact size but also because of what he calls its “fantastic versatility.” more
From the depths of Indonesia‘s Manokwari Bay to a blast furnace in a Pennsylvania steel mill, from the strife-torn Middle East to the soundstages of Hollywood, Canon‘s affordable digital high definition camcorders are earning high praise from a wide variety of professional users for their superb picture quality, ease of use, and versatile feature set. more
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